팔

pal · TOPIK 1

eight (Sino-Korean)

🎱 pal = 八 (eight): an octopus has eight pals for arms

팔 is the Sino-Korean reading of 八, cousin of Mandarin bā and Japanese hachi. Bonus hook: 팔 also means arm in Korean, and an octopus has eight of them, so one sound covers both.

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